2010 Stories by Ian Froeb

published Dec 07, 2010

​The end of the year always brings a slew of articles heralding what the hot food and restaurant trends of next year will be. How accurate do these pieces turn out? Well, go back twelve months and s...
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published December 9, 2010

published Dec 06, 2010

​River City Casino has reopened Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse as, simply, The Steakhouse. According to the restaurant's phone message, the new restaurant is open 5-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Friday ...
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published Dec 06, 2010

​A fast-casual two-fer this week, as I visit Snarf's in the Delmar Loop and Pickleman's Gourmet Café in Midtown. Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review. They keep opening, these ...
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published Dec 03, 2010

Every now and then, something so remarkable finds its way into the ol' mailbox here at Gut Check International Headquarters that I can hardly wait to share it with you, my dear readers.Such is the cas...
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published Dec 03, 2010

​While we here in the United States continue to argue like children over food-safety and child-nutrition legislation, gastronomes in Japan are taking a far more civilized approach to food -- at leas...
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published Dec 02, 2010

​Two stories from opposite ends of the booze spectrum caught my eye:First, on the high end, we have a New York Times article on the injury risk confronting the new generation of bartenders or, if yo...
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published Dec 02, 2010

From last night's episode of The Daily Show, here is Jon Stewart on the Food Safety Bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday -- except for that pesky unconstitutional amendment that might derail the whole...
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FEATURED STORY

published Dec 01, 2010

​Gerard Craft announced today that he has sold Taste by Niche to Adam Altnether. The 24-year-old Altnether, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, has worked for Cra...
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published Dec 01, 2010

​November was a tumultuous month for the local restaurant scene -- much more so than this list can convey. That's partly because some of the news items from the beginning of the month were a...
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published Dec 01, 2010

​Oh, yes, there will be butternut squash soup. My review of Mosaic Bistro Market is now available online. Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow of Mosaic Bistro Market shows off the restaurant, its food a...
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published Nov 30, 2010

​Owner Brian Pelletier tells Gut Check that he has signed a lease to open Kakao Chocolate at 7272 Manchester Road in Maplewood. This will be the second location for the shop the RFT named "Best Choc...
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published Nov 30, 2010

Via Fork in the Road, the food blog of our sister paper Village Voice, comes the latest music video from those innovative fellas in OK Go (the treadmill video, the one with the dogs, etc.), which feat...
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published Nov 30, 2010

​Legislation to overhaul the nation's oversight of food safety passed the Senate this morning by a vote of 73 to 25. The bill greatly increases the FDA's authority over food producers.Missouri Senat...
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FEATURED STORY

published Nov 30, 2010

​Yes, I celebrated SweetArt's vegan "Sweet Burger" in a review only a couple of weeks ago. It should tell you just how much I enjoyed this burger that it immediately secured a spot on this list. The...
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published Nov 30, 2010

​If you don't usually check out the music section of the RFT...well, what the hell is wrong with you?No, but, really, if you haven't seen it yet, the current issue features interviews with two St. L...
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published December 2, 2010

published Nov 29, 2010

​This week I visit one of the new members of the Mosaic restaurant family, Mosaic Bistro Market in Clayton. Follow me after the jump for a sneak preview of my review.
The rabbit leg "daube" was the ...
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published Nov 29, 2010

​At long last, one of the worst-kept secrets in the St. Louis restaurant biz can be confirmed: Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse has closed its location at River City Casino. George Mahe reports at Relish that...
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published Nov 29, 2010

​Several readers contacted me over the long weekend with news that Mama Pho Vietnamese Restaurant at the intersection of South Grand Boulevard and Chippewa Street might have shut its doors.I haven't...
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published Nov 26, 2010

Good morning! Still stuffed from your Thanksgiving feast? We guarantee you aren't as stuffed as these folks, who ate a pig stuffed with turkey stuffed with...well, just watch the video. (There is some...
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published Nov 24, 2010

Boiling oil. A giant, cold turkey. A rudimentary -- if that -- understanding of chemistry. What could possibly go wrong? Yes, deep-fried turkey is a distinctly American disaster waiting to happen. To ...
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published Nov 24, 2010

It's the day before Thanksgiving. You are either stuck at work, stuck in line at the grocery, stuck waiting at the airport or stuck cooking for a dozen relatives. In other words, it's the perfect time...
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published Nov 24, 2010

​You can head to the airport for an intimate patdown followed by interminable delays, or you can head to Soulard and catch a flying pig. My review of Market Grill is now available online. To see the...
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published Nov 23, 2010

​Agostino's Restaurant & Bar must leave its location at 280 Long Road in Chesterfield after the Monarch-Chesterfield Levee District reached a condemnation agreement on the property in order to b...
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